Things like footprints, burrows, eggs and even poo (called coprolite) can be fossilised too. A fossil is the preserved remains or traces of a dead organism. The process by which a fossil is formed ...

A mother and her 10-year-old daughter were taking a leisurely stroll on the beach at Penarth (Wales) when a footprint caught ...

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Scientists from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have discovered a vast quarry floor covered with hundreds of ...

They also include “trace fossils,” or vestiges of ancient life, such as footprints, burrows and eggs. Scientific names are sometimes given to trace fossils when it is not easy to identify the ...

Part of one the largest ever stegosaur fossil found in the UK is set to return to the town it was found in. The bone came ...

The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our ... Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have ...

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Despite the fevered dreams of Elon Musk and others, there is no ‘Planet B,’ which means we need to drastically reduce our ...

More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...

In 2024, researchers from the universities of Oxford and Birmingham excavated a huge expanse of a quarry floor in Oxfordshire ...

Oregon’s former state treasurer pledged to make the state employee pension fund net zero carbon by 2050. Now, the new state treasurer is seeking legislation to continue that work through careful ...